Thursday, June 10, 2010

PRO- Keds Royal CVO

When you think of Keds what do you picture? That chick in grade school who ate lunch with her Skip-It? As lonely and sad as that image may be that girl was most likely wearing cooler shoes than you. Keds is one of those iconic brands whose heritage is slept on by a lot of the people who care about that sorta thing. The Royal CVO was originally launched in the mid 1960's as a lifestyle version of the world class Royal basketball shoe - it was known as the Royal Edge back then. The low top canvas sneaker gained prominence over the next two decades serving as a popular shoe for all the alternative sport cats rocking on the east coast. After fading from memory the Royal CVO is back for 45 bones, most likely due to the current interest in similar shoes from Sperry and Vans. What can I say about canvas sneakers that I haven't already? Uh, they're the shit.

The CVO is nice, but I wish we could see more of the Triumph stateside. Super dope model in my opinion. and to mr.anonymous I have been wearing vans and converse for a very long time, but whats wrong with adding more canvas to the closet?

Did I say ever say there should be only one style of canvas shoe available on the planet? I think the low priced canvas shoe territory is covered well by brands that do it much better. Pro Keds has tried to make a come back multiple times, jumping on the trend of the moment and always failed miserably. Remember when Damon Dash was involved?

ive never heard of keds- imho they look great. i especially like the champion CVOs. im thinking of either getting the navy ones or the white ones- what do you guys think? which one would be more suited for the summer (more versatile)?